The whole subscription concept is not that obvious if you aren't reading the page carefully and think this is just another year and another upgrade. Bet there will be a lot of angry people who find out that if they don't renew, they will basically have their VMs disabled. Will be interesting to read their forums next summertime around this time. Parallels Desktop 8 updated with expanded support for Windows 8 NovemMacworld UK reviews Parallels Desktop 8.
VMWARE FUSION 8 VS FUSION 8 PRO UPGRADE
VMware Fusion 6 and 7 customers can upgrade to VMware Fusion 8 for only 49.99 and to VMware Fusion 8 Pro for 119.99 at the VMware online store.
VMWARE FUSION 8 VS FUSION 8 PRO HOW TO
I'm curious how many users paid $49 for the Parallels Pro version thinking it was an upgrade only to be surprised next year when they receive a bill or a hit to their credit card when their subscription is up for renewal. Qualifying customers will automatically receive an email advising how to upgrade their license keys. Neither Parallels Desktop 8 or VMWare Fusion 5 are loaded to the gills with new features, so the PD8 update from version 7 is only a must-have if you are looking for Windows 8 or retina MacBook. I was really surprised at how well the converted one ran. I also tried converting a VM, as well as loading one fresh. I really don't notice much of a speed difference between the two (although I never tried Parallels 11). I really like that I only need one copy and that covers my desktop and my laptop. I ended up buying it and am happy with it. I had also been a satisfied Parallels customer, but after I discovered that I had to "subscribe" to the Pro version just to get all the features I have had for years, I decided to check out Fusion again. I've attached the results using the latest version of Passmark. Disk access which is obviously very important was not good I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for settings I'm missing or reasons for why the performance was less than that of Parallels or reasons why anyone would go to Fusion over Parallels. The results were what I expected from use, Fusion 8 performed slower in every aspect, some aspects were very far behind Parallels actually. Here is what I did the testing on:īoth VMs were configured with the following:
Just a few days later, Parallels Desktop 8, the primary. I could immediately notice Fusion 8 was slower than Parallels 11. Last week, we benchmarked VMware Fusion 5 and found that it offered a consistent performance increase over its predecessor, Fusion 4. Results are really not what I expected given that VMWare is the industry leader in virtualization. I decided to download both Parallels 11 and Fusion 8 to benchmark them and see where they stand. After using Parallels for a few years and checking out the interface of Fusion, I was very intrigued to possibly switch as I like the interface far better than that of Parallels.
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